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Check out the site above. I'm sure you know about this site by now. If not, then the best description is Friendster x 10. And the reason I"m back on sites like these is the option to upload songs and videos! And other people can listen and download those files. So I've put some stuff in there. Check them out. Sucks that only 20 songs can be uploaded but, well I guess that's why Limewire's there. I'll put in more when I've the time.

More chiro stories tomorrow.

Foot Drop (Part 2) Chiropractic Hell

This is dedicated to you wickedsis. You now have permission to tell me "I told you so!!" You told me once that I was going to chiropractic hell. Well, I just got back. Here's what happened. BTW I'd tell the whole backstory, but I 'm lazy. So you can start here, then go here (past the red sox stuff) then finallly here. That'll catch you up.

The pain in my back started up again on saturday. I thought it was just from fatigue. Or maybe because I went back to the gym. It wasn't really painful, just annoying. Sunday rolled by and it still was there. So today, I finally got it checked by a chiropractor. I preferred a massage, but they weren't there yet so this will have to do.

The receptionist that was there had me fill out 50 forms (ok maybe not but you know what I mean). It turned out alright because she had a great set off... Anyway, once inside the doctor's office, I got asked about my history and I told her about my back and the foot drop and everything else. The chiropractor looked Middle Eastern-ish, pregnant with really strong hands. When we shook hands, Iwas caught off guard by the grip she put on. She almost crushed my hand. I guess that's a sign of a good chiropractor. Anyway, we finally got to the tests. Flat on my back, she proceeded to feel every bone on my spine. From my neck, down to the very end of the spine above the ass cheeks, all she said was "Ok this one is not aligned (touches the right side) this one is slightly off (down one bone back to the left) ok this one is not aligned". She went on like that for 5 minutes. Basically, my left side is fucked and my right isn't, at least not yet. Then she did this thing with my feet, swaying them back and forth like I was a mermaid. Then she concluded that my left leg is inches shorter than my right. Huh? Did Sebastian tell you that? So I just gave some shit like "Oh really" and let her be. No point fighting someone that can crush my throat and 2 seconds.

All ridicule aside, it was a very informative session. I found out at that it's bad to keep the wallet on the right back pocket because it's not good for the spine. Also, she gave me a good alternative to cracking the bones on the fingers. Tomorrow is the x-ray and hopefully on Wednesday she can start beating up my back to straighten it out.

Until then, sis, you were right. I went to hell.

Kid Again

Stuck in a meeting again and my golf swing is slow to come around. And yet, today was a happy day. Why? Because when I go home tonight, I'll be 5 years old again.

Bought a boatload of stuff at Best Buy today, highlights of which were the Thundercats Season 1 and He-Man DVD (!!!!! I'm getting so giddy just thinking about it) I was in front of the new release section and the He-man DVD caught my eye first. As soon as I saw it I had to do a double take. When reality set in and I was holding 10 classic episodes, I screamed at the top of my lungs HOLY SHIT!!! The girl next to me gave me this look. You know, that one with one eyebrow raised. So I quickly walked away and checked out the TV section, hoping that they have the complete season or at least another 80's cartoon DVD. And by the way, I still can't believe how these things could have passed me by. Sure enough, there was the Thundercats at the very bottom.

How the hell could the most influential cartoons of the 80's been released on DVD and not one site on the 'net carries this as big news? This should have it's own Times or Newsweek cover story. As soon as I got back to my desk, I checked out the internet and hoped to God that The Mask (not the green faced dude, but the guys with cool cars that are controlled by their masks) hasn't been turned to DVD yet. I saw one on Amazon but only users had it so it might be bootlegs. Phew, for a second there, I thought I'd have to go on a killing spree.

This brings up a whole 'nother topic: Why aren't classic Filipino TV shows on DVD? What price would you pay to have 50 episodes of Iskul Bukol on DVD? 100$? I'd pay that in a heartbeat. The old TVJ shows? (Vienna Sausage, Boooooooys CHOIR!) Palibhasa Lalake?? The first few Bubble Gang shows?? You can't even find bootlegs unless you count the copy in Betamax that your buddy has stashed in the closet. Why hasn't this happened yet? Are you telling me this won't sell like hot cakes? There's not a single good show on TV now. You telling me people won't just skip your new crap and watch the oldies show how it's done? You can even throw the massa a bone and sell a 10 DVD box set of all the seasons of Mara Clara. If they put in the extras outtakes of Judy Ann and Gladys Reyes slapping each other silly, I might just steal that (just that one DVD with all the extras :) ) Somebody should start making noise and get those shows on DVD. They're putting all those crappy movies on DVD, why can't they do the same for TV?

Now if you'll excuse me, I've to go home and re-discover my inner child.

Meeting Madness

For the past week, I've been attending conference calls at work for a "major" project. Now, this isn't your stay inside one room and hammer out the details kind of meeting. Or have a sleep over to finish a project for school but end up getting drunk or high or both and get no work done. No, this is the stay in your cubicle and listen to people drone on and on and on and on and on kind of meeting. The kind that makes you want to bang your head against a wall. But I digress.. What's another meeting?

Maybe it would have been infinitely easier if it wasn't scheduled at 8:30. At night.

Right. But that's not the worst part. The worst part, is that they had the balls to schedule more meetings last Friday, Saturday AND Sunday! At night. Only this time, since it was a weekend, it was scheduled not at 8:30. No they're much nicer than that. And I quote from the e-mail "I'm scheduling it at 9:30 pm since it's a Friday night. We will have this same call on Saturday night at the same time as well."

Um, what?

Apparently, there's two schools of thought here. One, it makes sense for THEM to schedule a much later meeting since they figure there's no work the next day. It's alright they don't have to be at work at 8 the next day. That's not the school I went to. That's for special people. I went to a much sane and normal school. The one where people HAVE LIVES OUTSIDE OF WORK AND WE GET TO LIVE THEM ON THE WEEKENDS!

Now, this is probably a good time to include here some undeniable facts.That there are people from the Philippines and India on this call so the project leader seems to think that a late night call California time makes sense. And that there is absolutely NO reason to meet on weekends or on ungodly hours unless there are problems. And boy, those this project have them. In droves. I'll spare the details and the like, since I still want to get paid. Suffice it to say, we're screwed and the leader is asking for a lot to get it back on track. Hence, the weekend work.

So I did what my school would do in this situation and told them to kiss my ass (not in those words, of course) and they can take that stupid project and shove it (again,not like that) and skipped every meeting and didn't turn on my laptop once. I like to think I'm nice. I attended the weekday meetings since I was paid overtime, had the opportunity to have a few beers first before calling in (read that last line again), and had genuine problems to discuss with them. Level of importance is in that order. But to take even the weekends is bullshit. Not my fault you can't get your act together.

So, here I am now on a monday waiting for 8:30 to arrive so we can get this over with and I can go home. I'm actually missing my TV shows for this crap?? I was thinking the other day that this better be worth my fucking time or I would have wasted countless hours doing something that may or may not even look good on my resume. Kind of like school (hehe i kid, i kid). There's productivity, there's loyalty, and there is stupidity. Learning to separate one from the other is something that is lost sometimes by the worker bees in corporate america. I'm not planning on checking my self into the mad house. Yet, sometimes I feel like I'm already there.

Birthday

Last saturday was my birthday. Another year has passed and this schmuck is a year older. Here's to long life, more sex and tons of money before the next birthday. Hey, a guy can dream. I chose to do a simple house party for some friends and family this year. Me being me, I just enjoy chilling at the house more than going out to celebrate. It's the same result everytime anyway; Drink until there is no tomorrow. Maybe next year. Anyway, Here's some pics. (Sorry if I've turned this Word Playground into a picture blog but rest assured that the rambling man will be back.)



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Last one, promise. I've been turned on to this site called Multiply by friends. It's a glorified Friendster and Myspace but the great thing is you can upload songs and videos to share with friends. I'll link to it here and Vice Versa once I've figured out how to run that damn thing.